Hindsight/Foresite: Art for the New Millennium
University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, Virginia
June through October 2000
Birds of America (wallpaper detail) 2000, hand screen print on silk wallpaper roll, 36 inches wide
In My Father's House: An Historical Melancholy in Two Acts was made in collaboration with the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia.
Act 1. Belongings belonging mapped an inventory of objects at four historical-sites in and around Charlottesville, Virginia. These included the slave quarters at Ash Lawn-Highland Plantation, the dining room in Pavilion IX at the University of Virginia, the segregated African-American ticket window and entrance to the Paramount Theater, and the Pine Room at the University of Virginia Art Museum.
Act 2. Living history (script by the artist) was performed at the Albemarle County Office Building, and in the Rotunda on the grounds of the University of Virginia. A silent crow appeared. Sitting upon a square floor-cloth the crow shined shoes—for free.
In My Father's House (Pine Room at University of Virginia Art Museum), 2000, wallpaper, chair and floor-cloth on wood platform, tarred sleeping pallets; dimensions vary
In My Father's House (Pavilion IX, University of Virginia), 2000, printed window shade, wood tub with cast bronze, floor-cloth, dimensions vary
In My Father's House (African-American entrance to Paramount Theater), 2000, window shade, cast bronze shoe-shine box, floor-cloth; dimensions vary
In My Father's House (slave quarters at Ash Lawn-Highland Plantation), 2000, window shades, printed wallpaper, rusted-steel ballot box, floor-cloth; dimensions vary
In My Father's House (performing Living History), 2000